In Germany in the first 7 month of the year the accumulated cement production has been with 15.271 Mt still -14.0% behind the figure in July 2022, but compared to May with -15.7% the situation YoY slightly improved. The average ex-works cement price also slightly decreased in July to 118.60 €/t after 120.07 €/t in June 2023. However, the price in July 2023 is still 32.6% above the price in July 2022.